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	Ballinasloe.org - News, views and fiery attitudes!
		A town "with the air of business and an appearance of prosperous industry which I had not observed since I left Cork" and the "centre of the inland trade and commerce of Ireland" is how two English travellers described Ballinasloe in the early 1840s.
		The October Fair was not just an agricultural event; as it represented a massive gathering of the rich, powerful, and not so prominent, it was the scene of major political meetings, especially before the arrival of mass transportation.
		Your participation and contributions are always welcome and please don't hesistate to contact us if you feel you have something to offer.
	www.ballinasloe.org (341 words)

	Ballinasloe.org - Articles
		Shortly before 1742 a new racecourse was established near Ballinasloe, and a County Galway Plate was given by the Sheriff and Justices of the Peace of the county to be run for on Tuesday, October 19th, in that year.
		The Ballinasloe Horticultural Society for the Province of Connacht was founded in 1833 under the patronage of the Earl of Clancarty and held three public shows of fruit, vegetables and flowers in the year.
		The Mansion House figures of the destitute in Ballinasloe [32] were the same as those for Loughrea, but it was given in evidence before the Times Commission that £8,000 or £9,000 —a large sum in those days—was distributed in the latter area by a local committee under the chairmanship of the bishop, Dr, Duggan.
	www.ballinasloe.org /articles/article.php?ID=1 (10558 words)

	Ballinasloe Poor Law Union and Workhouse
		Ballinasloe Poor Law Union was formally declared on the 6th June 1839 and covered an area of 198 square miles.
		Ballinasloe former fever hospital from the north-west, 2003.
		Ballinasloe former fever hospital from the south-west, 2003.
	users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/Ballinasloe/Ballinasloe.shtml (660 words)

	Senior Men (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ballinasloe never panicked and they were soon into their normal passing game and although they controlled the ball for long periods of time, Ballinasloe were unable to get the final killer pass to breakdown a well organised Skyvalley defence.
		Ballinasloe were coping well with this and hitting Skyvalley on the break and with their defence short on numbers Ballinasloe were creating some great chances, unfortunately they failed to convert any of them.
		Ballinasloe were not finished and the move of the game saw them score the winner, some sweet passing from defence through midfield and eventually to the feet of Captain Mark Duffy to finish the game 3-2 to Ballinasloe and keep them at the top of the Premier Division.
	members.tripod.com /ballinasloetownfc/id3.html (6797 words)

	Galway Advertiser \| galwayadvertiser.ie \| galwayadvertiser.com
		Ballinasloe Area Community Development Ltd has received a 300,000 funding injection which will allow it to expand the Ballinasloe Community Enterprise Centre, a new initiative aimed at helping start-up companies to establish themselves.
		The funding was announced yesterday by Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment Mícheál Martin during a visit to Galway to address a board meeting of Enterprise Ireland in the city.
		"Ballinasloe is making progress and in the future this enterprise centre will help young people from the area to get into business and set up their own companies," he said.
	www.galwayadvertiser.ie /dws/story.tpl?inc=2006/06/15/news/34881.html (498 words)

	Ballinasloe Information
		Ballinasloe (Béal Átha na Slua in Irish) is a town in the eastern extremity of County Galway in Ireland.
		From 1828 to the 1960s, Ballinasloe was the terminus of the Grand Canal.
		The patron saint of Ballinasloe is Saint Grellan, whom tradition believes built the first church in the area at Kilcloony.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Ballinasloe (304 words)

	Ballinasloe - Gateway to the West of Ireland - History
		The ford of Ballinasloe over the River Suck was the crossing point for traffic approaching from Athlone and both Irish king and Norman baron found its fortification a necessary link in the defence of Connacht.
		The sixteenth-century Reformation signalled tremendous change in the area, as land and property belonging to the monasteries and the Church were confiscated and re-granted to Protestants and others who recognized Henry VIII of England as head of the Church.
		Ballinasloe thrived in the nineteenth century under the Trenches, who by virtue of owning the land upon which it had taken place for years, developed the Ballinasloe October Fair into one of the greatest and most famous fairs of its kind in Ireland, Britain and the Continent.
	www.ballinasloe.com /content/view/411/95 (1440 words)

	Ladies
		Ballinasloe played Shiven Rovers Ladies in the Cup Final on Saturday 15th November, despite being the holders Ballinasloe went in to the match as underdogs.
		The tag of underdogs didn't bother Ballinasloe as they knew if they played to their potential that the cup was theirs for the taking.
		Ballinasloe knew that they had to attack more and this made for a very open game with a number of chances at both ends.
	members.tripod.com /ballinasloetownfc/id13.html (766 words)

	Ballinasloe, Co. Galway - 1 2 Travel - Ireland Travel Information Guide
		The Trenches also saw to the development of the local annual October fair into one of the three most important in Europe of the 19th century, when an average of 30,000 people attended the week-long event and 20,000 cattle, 100,000 sheep, and 4,000 horses were sold.
		Today, Ballinasloe is a prosperous and expanding town on the main Galway - Dublin road and is the main commercial and industrial centre for east Galway.
		Four miles from the centre of Ballinasloe is the Battle of Aughrim Interpretive centre and about 10 miles to the south is Clonfert Cathedral.
	www.12travel.co.uk /ie/West/Ballinasloe.html (433 words)

	The Great Fair of Ballinasloe
		Each autumn, those with a passion for all things equine journey into Ireland's far west, to Ballinasloe town in county Galway For this is the site of the Great October Fair--the oldest, the biggest, and almost certainly the liveliest horse fair in Europe.
		Ballinasloe's heritage reaches way back into the Celtic past, and its claim of being Europe's oldest horse fair is probably true.
		Ballinasloe received its fair charter, Europe took heed, and the next two hundred years became a heyday for those with horses to sell.
	www.worldandi.com /public/1994/october/lf2.cfm (2988 words)

	RADIOWAVES IRISH RADIO DATABASE: Ballinasloe Community Radio
		Ballinasloe Community Radio was originally called 'Fair on the Air'.
		Ballinasloe Community Radio returned to air today at 5pm with 'Daily Edition', presented by station manager Declan Finn.
		Ballinasloe Community Radio is based in "d'Cube" youth cafe at Marina Point and is funded by Galway Youth Federation and the Ballinasloe International Horse Fair and Show.
	www.radiowaves.fm /database/ballinasloecommunityradio.shtml (273 words)

	Ballinasloe
		Ballinasloe is a neat and thriving town, watered by the river Suck, one of the tributaries of that monarch of Irish rivers--the Shannon, which it joins about six miles eastward of this place.
		The extension of the Grand Canal to Ballinasloe has considerably increased its intercourse with the fertile counties through which the Shannon flows, and it may be now considered as the centre of the inland trade and commerce of Ireland.
		The road from Ballinasloe to Athlone runs parallel to, but at four miles distance from, the banks of the Shannon, which are here flat and boggy.
	www.libraryireland.com /SceneryIreland/V-2.php (181 words)

	Roscommon Herald: Cam close gap on leaders Ballinasloe
		She gave the Ballinasloe goalkeeper no chance with a bullet-like shot low to the corner.
		They bombarded the Ballinasloe goal and were rewarded with the lead goal after 35 minutes.
		Ballinasloe came out all guns blazing in the second half and it took some superb defending from Miriam Carney, Bridgetta Menton, Michelle Kelly and Katie Egan to keep them at bay.
	www.roscommonherald.ie /news/story.asp?j=5472 (532 words)

	irish guide - Touring the Shannon Ballinasloe Roscommon Tarmonbarry Ireland
		Ballinasloe, Co. Galway has a population of approximately 6,000.
		The Ballinasloe Fair is one of Europe's oldest Horse Fairs, held in the showgrounds of Ballinasloe town on the first week of October each year.
		The selection of the Queen of the Fair, on the eve of festival celebration, is one of the best nights out you could have in Ireland and is well worth a visit.There is a wide variety of sporting interests catered for with numerous sports clubs established in the town.
	www.theirishguide.com /shannon/ballinasloe.html (363 words)

	Hotels in Ballinsloe Ireland accommodation - hotel accommodation around Ballinasloe Galway Ireland
		The Republic of Ireland is bound to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the east is the Irish Sea which reconnects to the ocean via the southwest with St. George's Channel and the Celtic Sea.
		Ballinasloe is a town in County Galway in the Republic of Ireland.
		The Ballinasloe Fair is one of the oldest horse fairs in Europe, dating back to the 1700s.
	www.kayukay.co.uk /ballinasloehotels.html (403 words)

	Hostels, Self Catering, Ballinasloe County Galway, Ireland
		The River Suck in Ballinasloe is deep and slow — it is probably Ireland’s most productive coarse fishing river.
		Ballinasloe Farmers Market was established in Autumn 2005 in Croffys Centre, Main St. as an outlet for locally produced quality food...
		Founded in 1894, Ballinasloe Golf Club is one of Connaught's oldest Golf Clubs.
	www.galwayeast.com /WhatToDo.php?Id=2&Search=Area (256 words)

	Welcome to Ireland West-About Ireland West (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ballinasloe is steeped in history, and has been lauded for the architectural character of its fine streetscapes.
		This planned layout of the town in the 19th Century consisting of wide streets, a market square, fair green, show grounds and town hall can be attributed to William Trench, who was conferred with the Earldom of Clancarty at this time.
		Today, Ballinasloe is a prosperous and expanding town on the main Galway/Dublin route and is the main commercial/industrial centre for east Galway.
	www.irelandwest.ie /content.asp?id=60 (282 words)

	Ballinasloe Horse Fair by Clover Hughes\| Travel Reviews from Travel Intelligence
		The same is true of Ballinasloe in the west of Ireland...
		Yet as an experience of another world, it is a million miles from the easy security of a London office.
		Flashy white chrome trailers jostle for position with traditional barrel-top wagons, and the large field below the church is dotted with ponies tethered to heavy metal stakes.
	www.travelintelligence.net /wsd/articles/art_524.html (636 words)

	Ballinasloe, Galway County, Ireland Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons
		The celebrated fair of Ballinasloe is the greatest cattle mart in the kingdom; it is held on the Galway side of the river, from the 5th to the 9th of October.
		Great quantities of wool were formerly sold, but the establishment of factors in Dublin and other large towns has altered the channel of this branch of trade.
		The townland of Dunlo, on which the Galway portion of the town is built, gives the inferior title of Viscount to the Earl of Clancarty.
	www.from-ireland.net /lewis/g/ballinasloe.htm (822 words)

	N6 Galway to Ballinasloe
		Approval from An Bord Pleanála for the N6 Galway to East Ballinasloe scheme was given in June 2005.
		It is planned to be a design/build/operate/finance contract with a long-term concession period, in the order of 30 years.
		The aim is to secure complete project funding from the private sector, however a public subsidy will be considered for such a high cost scheme, which cannot be solely financed from tolls.
	www.galway.ie /roads/n6_bsloe/index.html (153 words)

	Ireland Revisited, Part 1
		It is in the center of town and seems to be the hub of Ballinasloe social life.
		Sadly, one of the things I found out was that all of the many Nolan families who lived in Ballinasloe in the 1800s had since either moved or died out, closing out any chance I might have of making connection with direct relatives there.
		One wisp of a story handed down the Andrew Nolan side of the family was that Andrew was on the run from the English law when he left suddenly for America.
	home.att.net /~nolantravels/97ir10.html (3255 words)

	Ballinasloe - Gateway to the West of Ireland
		Ballinasloe - Gateway to the West of Ireland
		Rugby - Ballinasloe Senior XV defeat NUIG students
		22/11/07 - Ballinasloe Senior XV recorded an 11 points to 9 victory over the students of NUIG at Moher on Sunday last in the fifth round of the Co...
	www.ballinasloe.com (369 words)

	Hotels Ballinasloe, Hotels Galway, Hotels Ballinasloe County Galway - The Carlton Shearwater Hotel
		Carlton Shearwater Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre Ballinasloe Co Galway is an exquisite hotel and spa resort finished to an exceptionally high 4 star standard.
		Set at Marina Point on the majestic River Suck and with direct access to local shops and amenities, this is the perfect retreat.Dedicated to exceeding your expectations, the Carlton Shearwater Hotel, C Spa and Conference centre prides itself on offering an unwavering commitment to customer service and attention to detail.
		Carlton Shearwater Hotel and C Spa, Marina Point, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway t: 0909 630400, e:
	www.shearwaterhotel.com (246 words)

	Hotels Ballinasloe Galway, Hotel Ballinasloe County Galway - Haydens Hotel
		This beautiful hotel was established in 1803 and since then has been welcoming visitors from all over the globe.
		Hayden's Hotel is nestled in the heart of the thriving market town of Ballinasloe.
		Home to the world-famous October Horse Fair and Festival, this charming hotel is ideal as a base from which to explore and enjoy all that the area has to offer, including the winding waterways of the
	www.lynchotels.com /Haydens (378 words)

	National Roads Authority: N6 Galway to East Ballinasloe
		The scheme extends 57.6 km, commencing in Galway with a roundabout at Doughiska, on the existing N6 dual carriageway, south of the R339, and terminating in Roscommon with a roundabout on the existing N6 at Beagh, east of Ballinasloe.
		The N6 Galway to Ballinasloe PPP contract was awarded to the ICON consortium in April 2007.
		The N6 Galway to Ballinasloe dual carriageway (being implemented as a PPP scheme) is a key part of the plan to upgrade the overall roads network for the country.
	www.nra.ie /PublicPrivatePartnership/ProjectTracker/N6GalwaytoEastBallinasloe (1318 words)

	Ballinasloe's great fair (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1722 a member of a family of English settlers gave official recognition to what was to grow into the October Fair on which Ballinasloe built its fortunes when he sought royal permission to hold fairs on his family's land.
		In conjunction with the horse fair is the Ballinasloe Festival which kicks off tomorrow, Friday, with a horse seminar for equestrian lovers which includes talks on management, breeding and so forth.
		The organising committee has drawn up a festival programme which includes a brief history of the Ballinasloe Horse Fair, places of interest to see both in and around Ballinasloe and a general information page on areas such as golf, accommodation and a good food guide.
	www.galwayadvertiser.ie /news/021097/page8.htm (260 words)

	Ballinasloe, Galway Public Relations Firms - Publicity Firm
		Here are the most recent Ballinasloe, Galway pr firm vendors that have requested a listing on Marketingtool.com.
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		Click here to learn more about why a Marketingtool.com Ballinasloe publicity firm featured listing is one of the best methods of advertising your business.
	www.marketingtool.com /channel/pr/g.22326.html (192 words)

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